Groot Omroepkoor in the Concertgebouw (2015) (Photo: Hans van der Woerd)

CANCELLED due to Coronavirus - Hamlet: Smashing Opera by Brett Dean

Programme

  • Dean Hamlet

In 2017, Australian composer Brett Dean managed to do what Giuseppe Verdi failed to do: write an opera to the famous play Hamlet. Markus Stenz, former chief conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, is at home with repertoire like this like no other. He will conduct the Dutch premiere.

A convincing Hamlet opera
Hamlet is Shakespeare's political-psychological drama about the failure of a young generation that runs up against the machinations of an older one. Crucial questions of life are dealt with extensively. You would think that this is not exactly the right setting for a music drama. Yet Dean, who follows Shakespeare's play meticulously, manages to give the complex matter something extra with his music. He does so with a diverse and atmospheric musical idiom. Frightening or bloody scenes are captured in alienating microtonal sound waves, while love and humour are not shunned. The comic-bitter highlight is the play within the play, in which the actors make fun of the lurid incidents at the court of Denmark.

Let us convince you too!
Dean is a virtuoso composer. With this piece, he achieved a double victory at the world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival: he wrote modern music for a reserved audience and chose a subject that every Briton can dream of. At the end, the audience in their evening gowns and dinner jackets almost stood on their chairs for an overwhelming applause!

Date:
Friday, March 29, 2024
Time:
13:30
Pause:
No
Location:
The Royal Concertgebouw

Amsterdam
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Large Hall

Performers

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
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MarkusvStenz - Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Markus Stenz
Conductor
Netherlands Radio Choir
Choir
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Klaas Stok
Choir conductor
Allan Clayton
Tenor
Kathryn Lewek
Soprano
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Tenor
Jacques Imbrailo
Baritone
Rosie Aldridge
Mezzo-soprano
Rupert Enticknap
Countertenor
Christopher Lowrey
Countertenor
Sir John Tomlinson
Bass
Michael Bennett
Tenor
Lucas van Lierop
Tenor
Henk Cousins
Baritone
Henk Cousins
Baritone
Rod Gilfry
Baritone
Rupert Charlesworth
Tenor
James Crabb
Accordion

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